ZCM 10.1.x System temp directory will get filled up with hundreds directories and files

  • 7001984
  • 21-Nov-2008
  • 27-Apr-2012

Environment

Novell ZENworks 10 Configuration Management with Support Pack 1 - 10.1

Situation

STEPS TO REPRODUCE:

1. Create a Group Polices with some settings
2. Assign that group policy to the device
3. Refresh the device

RESULTS: After the refresh there there a lot of directories created, some are empty some have files included. After some time they will be more directories created. These directories will not be deleted and there can be hundreds of directories in the System temp folder (C:\Windows\temp, etc. ).

Resolution

This is fixed in version 10.1.3 - see KB 7002526 "ZENworks 10 Configuration Management 10.1.3" which can be found at https://www.novell.com/support